76042 UCS Helicarrier

Plell

VIP early release for North America is indeed tomorrow. In Europe it's the 19th, but Europe also gets the Winter Soldier polybag then too.

epyon396

Just called the Lego Store in King of Prussia. They said it'll be there tomorrow.

The northeast is supposed to get a decent snowstorm tonight, but I can't let that stop me.

johnhenz

Plell said:

VIP early release for North America is indeed tomorrow. In Europe it's the 19th, but Europe also gets the Winter Soldier polybag then too.

What so we get the winter soldier polybag in uk?

iBart

Bucky was supposed to be given away in May as I recall. Hmm... Now I'm confused.

EddieDoesntMind

iBart said:

Bucky was supposed to be given away in May as I recall. Hmm... Now I'm confused.

Every source I heard said June.

Plell

June in the US, yes.

CCC

UK currently has the demolition digger, I think until end of month. They aren't doubling up freebies, are they?

iBart

May, June whatever but for sure not Feb. : ] But sure, it would be awesome to see some set release promotion other than early access.

kysersozza

Link to the Helicarrier appears to have been pulled from the [email protected] pages?

Eddyskywalker

Lego just push the release day from 19Feb to 01March in Australia!

iBart

Eddyskywalker said:

Lego just push the release day from 19Feb to 01March in Australia!

Same in Poland. : /

Diggydoes

Eddyskywalker said:

Lego just push the release day from 19Feb to 01March in Australia!

From what i know the 19.of Feb.was supposed to be the VIP-early access anyway! So the "regular"street-date has always been march the 1.!

Brickarmor

I can see it now on the US [email protected] page, but the site is all screwy. Can't use VIP points, can't even get through checkout. I'll clear my cookies and try again. Anyone else having trouble?

drlmiles1

Anyone know if you could use #8881 battery box rather than #88000 for the Power Functions in this model?
Also wondering if you could run lights to the 4 fans, as they would look great lit up.

samiam391

I just got an e-mail from LEGO stating that I can now purchase the Helicarrier (as a VIP member) through February 28th.

Kralaskan

I just got the email, walked from outside my house to inside, signed in, saw it available. Clicked buy now hen the page refreshed to not available. How can this be?

epyon396

Just finished up bag 8 before having to go to the gym.
It's a very impressive set. I can't wait to finish it, even though I STILL haven't figured out where it's going.

danstraindepot

I just ordered online too. However I had to refresh, because the first time it dropped it from my order.

Jumpinbeans

Just curious......the number of pieces in the set.....2996.

Thats the same as the number of people that sadly died in the Sept 11 attacks in 2001. I was wondering if there was anything symbolic in Lego choosing that number of pieces for the set or whether its just a coincidence.

Kralaskan

Got it, yes I had to refresh and sign in again then it showed back up. Nailed 2 and the
Slave 1 too.

Drmnez

No one is waiting for double points?

graphite

^ I'm waiting for a better promotion. I really wanted to pick it up today and am still going to the store after work to drool over the model but I'll wait for either double points or a better poly. Have enough sitting around that I haven't built. Unpacked my SW UCS sets and a few of the other ships I like to put on display so I may have to finally break out my SSD and build it.

epyon396

Just finished up. It's a behemoth. Here's a picture for scale with Radagast the Brown (keep in mind he's a 16 lb cat). The only way I could get him to stop moving is by putting his food bowl beside it.

monkyby87

Jumpinbeans said:

Just curious......the number of pieces in the set.....2996.

Thats the same as the number of people that sadly died in the Sept 11 attacks in 2001. I was wondering if there was anything symbolic in Lego choosing that number of pieces for the set or whether its just a coincidence.

I'm sure it's just a coincidence, I don't think there is any relation whatsoever to any real life event.

chuckp

Who else besides me hopes that LEGO starts using cats a new unit of measurement in product descriptions? :) " The Detective’s Office measures over 1 cat high, 1 cat wide and 3/4 cat deep..."

Seriously though, @epyon396 nice use of the cat for scale. Seeing a 16 lb. cat next to it gives a real good idea of the size. Nice work!

Drmnez

drlmiles1 said:

Anyone know if you could use #8881 battery box rather than #88000 for the Power Functions in this model?

I dont own #8881, but I cannot imagine, functionality-wise, why it would not. Judging by the box, #88000 connects to the helicarrier. If you can find a way to secure #8881 with the switch in the open space, then it should be able to turn on... and not fall out.

Drmnez

Just found try is
Haven't seen yet but will watch in a bit

drlmiles1

Drmnez said:

Just found try is
Haven't seen yet but will watch in a bit

He's obviously not familiar with Power Functions in this review - he goes and gets a Power Functions set #8293 and describes #8881 as a "motor". Also I feel it should be possible to route the lighting cables in a more concealed manner. But this & his other video show off the model well.

scrumper

chuckp said:

Who else besides me hopes that LEGO starts using cats a new unit of measurement in product descriptions? :) " The Detective’s Office measures over 1 cat high, 1 cat wide and 3/4 cat deep..."

Seriously though, @epyon396 nice use of the cat for scale. Seeing a 16 lb. cat next to it gives a real good idea of the size. Nice work!

I thought the Banana was the new unit of LEGO scale. How many Bananas equal a Cat?

donutboy

I would love to own this but would be in deep trouble if I spent nearly 300 quid on a Lego set.

johnhenz

donutboy said:

I would love to own this but would be in deep trouble if I spent nearly 300 quid on a Lego set.

I'm okay I've got £80 on my vip card suppose that softens the blow

cloaked7

scrumper said:

chuckp said:

Who else besides me hopes that LEGO starts using cats a new unit of measurement in product descriptions? :) " The Detective’s Office measures over 1 cat high, 1 cat wide and 3/4 cat deep..."

Seriously though, @epyon396 nice use of the cat for scale. Seeing a 16 lb. cat next to it gives a real good idea of the size. Nice work!

I thought the Banana was the new unit of LEGO scale. How many Bananas equal a Cat?

Metric/inches... banana/cat...

I can't convert metric to inches now. No way am I gonna be able to convert banana (said as a minion 'bah... nan... ahhhh') to cat. :-)

Do minions just like bananas because they're yellow like a minion? Or, maybe the shape? Again, like a minion? Course, I have seen a minion try to eat another minion. Well, if they are starving and on a life boat cast out to sea. :-)

nexander

There is an empty helicarrier display case in the window of Glasgow store begging to be filled.

I was picking up my calander minifig and the guy didn't seem to care much. When I asked him about the helicarrier he got much happier!

graphite

I went to check it out last night and they said it wouldn't be on display till March 2nd. He said they originally had it planned to be on display yesterday and had it built in the back but they got some update schedule on it from corporate saying March 2nd. He said that the cases they have aren't wide enough for it so he thinks they had to order something different to mount it tilted at and angle and thought they might have had a delay in getting what they needed but wasn't sure.

kysersozza

Link is now live and orders being taken for UK [email protected]: http://shop.lego.com/en-GB/The-SHIELD-Helicarrier-76042

Diggydoes

kysersozza said:

Link is now live and orders being taken for UK [email protected]: http://shop.lego.com/en-GB/The-SHIELD-Helicarrier-76042

It says: "Pre-order this item today, will ship by 1 Mar 2015" WTF?!?!?!? Why the hell shall i order today to get it delivered on the 1.March??? Is this what they call "VIP early-acess"???

kysersozza

And VIP points not being recognised!

matt666

UK is only showing March 1st delivery when you add to basket, however it IS adding a Winter Soldier Minifigure aswell as the Digger Polybag

Adzbadboy

^^Damn, I hope Winter Solider can be obtained another way soon...

I guess they really want people to buy the Helicarrier, even though it got the mixed reaction.

thehornedrat

Hmmm, it says 'available now' when I bought my HC. The only difference is the time it arrives, so I'm not fussed.

Adzbadboy

Marcos has done a great job but my opinions also follow what Chris mentioned in the Brickset review. I was always going to get this set but the price was always an issue in comparison with other spectacular sets LEGO released. I was hoping for this to be on sale in a year or two at Smyths or purchase it during a double points month. I really find it annoying that they are also throwing a free Winter Solider minifigure with this set to make people buy it during the first few weeks of release. This year my budget is mainly going towards MOC's for Brick2015, so now I'm stuck. Should I wait and hope the Winter Solider will be available later in the year or pull the trigger now?

SuperTramp

Or just buy it off ebay for around £15

JayEm

I was planning to get the Quinjet whenever the Winter Soldier figure was being given away and get both, so this is a little disappointing. Is it likely it will be available again later?

Kleiovous

SuperTramp said:

Or just buy it off ebay for around £15

^This

BooTheMightyHamster

Just been down to Lego Westfield and had a look at it, which has saved me £270.
Despite the size, it's just not worth the money.

madforLEGO

I dunno, still seems 'small' for 349.99 USD, just me I guess.

BrickDancer

Can't seem to find any vids with the lights and motor installed, anyone else seen it around?

Ray1204

This is very disappointing that the uk will get winter soldier polybag pre order and not the US also. After spending so much with this set it should have been included already in the set.

Adzbadboy

BrickDancer said:

Can't seem to find any vids with the lights and motor installed, anyone else seen it around?

@BrickDancer Here you go...

BrickDancer

Thanks a lot @Adzbadboy. The engines look great in motion as expected. But the lights were a bit of a let down since it doesn't really illuminate the bridge much and instead were 2 bright dots. The sacrifice of the internal command center as a play area is a biggie. Plus the on/off switch would have been better if they figured a way to access it from the outside without needing to remove the runway, but would probably made it more difficult to design.

Overall, I'm a bit less excited to add this function after seeing the video. But the added cost of $27 USD to have them included is not much of a deterrent against it either.